Fearless

Synopsis

Fearless is written by Homeland writer and executive producer Patrick Harbinson and produced by leading independent programme makers, Mammoth Screen. Mammoth's portfolio includes the much-anticipated Victoria starring Jenna Coleman for ITV, popular drama Endeavour also for ITV, the critically-praised mini series And Then There Were None and internationally renowned hit Poldark.

"Fearless is a legal thriller," said Patrick Harbinson. "But one that's written in the crash zone where law and politics collide."

Emma Blunt is a solicitor known for defending lost causes. She's investigating the killing of a schoolgirl in East Anglia and trying to free the man she thinks was wrongly convicted of the girl's murder. As she digs ever deeper into the case, she begins to sense powerful forces, in the police and the intelligence services at home and abroad, who want to stop her uncovering the truth.

Patrick Harbinson writes:

"When, three years ago, Damien Timmer asked me if I was interested in writing a legal series inspired by the work of lawyers like Gareth Peirce and Helena Kennedy, I immediately said yes. Much of the work I've done in America in the last ten years (24, Person of Interest, Homeland) has been about life in the post 9/11 (and post 7/7) world. The so-called War on Terror has put serious stress on the ordinary workings of the law. National security justifies all sorts of police and state over-reach – and the great majority of us are prepared to accept this. So I wanted to create a character who challenges these assumptions, who fights for those outside the normal run of society, and who is uncompromising, difficult, and completely indifferent to unpopularity and danger. The result was Emma Blunt and Fearless..."

He continued: "I'm delighted that Helen McCrory has agreed to play Emma. She is a complex and contradictory character, and I am incredibly lucky to have someone of Helen's wit, warmth and intelligence bringing her to life."

Fearless will be produced by Adrian Sturges (Houdini and Doyle,The Enfield Haunting, The Disappearance of Alice Creed) and executive produced by Mammoth Screen's Managing Director, Damien Timmer (Victoria, Poldark, And Then There Were None), Tom Mullens (Endeavour, Black Work) and Patrick Harbinson. Developed by Mammoth's Creative Director Rebecca Keane, the series will be directed by BAFTA winner Pete Travis (The Go-Between, Legacy, Omagh). It will be distributed internationally by ITV Studios Global Entertainment.

Filming will begin in London and East Anglia in September 2016.

Key Data

Genre

Drama

Target Audience

Upmarket

Daypart

Peak

Channel

ITV

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